Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-02
New Orleans Pa
COTTON.

uplands 3-16d, middiiug Orleans SID: sales
5000 bales, including 900 baies TOR specula-
tlon ana export; receipts $4,000 bales-AmerI-
can 1900.
Futures: Uplands. low middling clause.
March and Aprll delivery, 9-64d: Nav and
June. l2-6ld; June and July, l4-6ld;
dull.
The tenders of deliveries at to-day's clear
lngs amounted to l2,200 bales new dockets
and 200 old.
1900 p. m.-The sales day were 10000
oales OF American.
Futures: UDlandS. low mlGdling clause.
March delivery, 50-64d, buyers; March and
April. 9-6id. buyers: April and May.
ll-64d. sellers: Nav and june, l2-64d. buy
ers: June anu july, 4-64d, value: July
ana August, l6-64d. sellers; August ami
october. l3-64d. sellers. Market quiet
but steady,
4?Op. n.-Futures: Upiands. low mlddiing
clause. March delivery l0-64d. sci erS; March
ana Aprll. lO-64d. sci ers: April anG MAY,
ll-64d. buyerr: May and June. l3-64d,
-ellers; June and July, l5-64d. sellers; July
and August. l6-64d. buy ers; August an
september. S lS-h4d. SELLERS; september aud
OCTOBER, lS-64d, buyers. Futures closed
strAay.
NEW YORK, March l. noon.-Cotton opened
duil: middllng uplands 8 Z l6c: m iddling Or
leane ANc: sales II bales.
Futures: Mar ct opened firm, with sale4 as
follows: March delivery. i5c; April, 55c:
May, Csc; June. 8 73c; July, soc. August,
ySjc.
$500 p. m.-Market closed dull: mlddling
upiands. S-luc: mlddlsng Orleans, yS4c;
sa:es Lr-day "a bales; net receipts IL bales,
grr as 2 915,
# 39IUO bales. as follows: March delivery,
947u9 4Sc: April. . 5iGD9 5jc: NAV. . 64(G
65c; June. 1909 74c; july. 5000 Sic;
August, 9o6G9o7 September, 500 Csc;
October, 1899 sac; November. Q 33(G9 35c.
Green u o.. in their REPORT on cotton fu-
lures, say: There was slightly better c N
tract m arket, the cost gaming some BOA
.oints at the opening and holding it to the
CT se, with fair showing of sLeadnes-. The
drst demand was for few good sized blocks,
and afterward budding seemed to come mainly
from parties VIII, sold early in the day, the
entire movement having local character"
GALVESTON. March l.-COtton steady; Md
ding l0c; net receipts OIL bales. gross
l, IL: sales S31 bales; stock 56.V5S bales.
NORFOLK. March LECTION steady; mid
ding Site: net receipts 1855 bales. gross
,S5: sales 932 bales; STOCK "a, l27 bales: eX-
ports coastwise l16 bales.
BALTIMORE, March LECTION quiet but
steady; middllng 97sc; net receipts none,
gross 1904 bales; sales none; stock 2l,sl7
nales; sales TO spinners 81 bales; exports, 10
the continent SS7 bales, coastwlse us.
BOSTON. March LECTION steady, middling
95sc: net receipts l.027 Uaes. gross l,g3,; sales
none; stock none; exports, TO Great Britain
1O7 bales.
WILMINGTON, March l.-Cotton firm; mid
ding 3-16c; net receIpts 2Ol bales, gross 2Jl;
,ales none: stock 3,y40 bales; exports, coast
wise 81 bales.
PHILADELPHIA, March l-Cotton quiet; mid
ding SIC; net receipts " bales, gross 81;
NEW ORLEANS. March ..-Cotton steady:
mlddllng 91sc; net receipts 1881 bales,
gross y 49, sales 5,252 bales; stock 35i,3iS
Ohles: exports, to Great Britain 1850 bales,
70 the continent 200.
MOBILE, March LECTION quiet; mddling
&c; net receipts Y bales, gross 259; saleH
$50 bales; slock 1922 bales; exports. coast
" Use 243 bales.
MEMPHIS, March l.-Cottons STEADY; middling
SIC; recei pts ,239 bales; shipments 3,045
bales; sales $50 bales stock 80 6 10 Dales.
AUGUSTA, March 1-CottoD steady m ddling
l-l6c; receipts rs bales; sales AZ bales.
CHARLESTON. March l.-C0 ton firm; mid
dung 9Ac; net receipts Loo bales. gross
l,U9O: sales $50 bales. stock p, 0l6 bales; ex-
ports, coastwise ,0d6 bales.
ATLANTA. GA, March l.--Cotton-middllns
To- l6c; recelp % bales.
NEW YORK. March .-ConsOiIta'ed net
ceipts Tor All cotton ports to-day, l4siO bales;
exports, to Great Britain 1850 bales, to the
continent 10, 1877; STOCK az ali American ports
Si6,9S4 bales.
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, ETC.
LIVERPOOL, March |. noon.-wheat steady,
with fair demand: holders offer moderately.
Corn firm, with fair demand; new mixed
ives erp A. 4d.
NEW rogB. March l. noon.-Flour dull and
nesvy. Wheat lower. Corn lower. Pork
firm; mess SIS 10. Lard steady at 7271ac
Freights steady.
5p. m.-Flonr, Southern closed quiet and
unchanged. Wheat 1000 lower. osIng
steady a, bottom figures; export trading
larry active; speculation moderate; No
red, March delivery SSl4(gSS2s. closing az
sSl4c; May delivery Sc Ice, closing "A 90lsc
Corn generally steady and moderately active:
options more active; March lac better. Others
X@sSc lower: No. ,. March delivery iS1{CG49c,
closing ut acc; APP il 4S3stG4S3Zc, closing al
4Shc; May 4S9s694oszc, closing at 4S]sc, OaIs
a la
delivery 340D3i1zc. closing at 3lc; May 3414(o
3i1sc, closing at 34I4c. Hops quiet and weak
Coffee, far Rio dun at lie; options iirm but
only moderately active; No. Z RIO, March
deliver, II 25nl2 soc, April IL Soc. May II
(Dl2 Soc. Sugar dull and more or less nom nal;
refined quiet. Moasses steady. Petroleum,
crude, III bbs 6GGlzc; refined, at all ports
sac. Cotton seed oil-S5c for crude, 39CI40c for
refined. Hiues steady. Wool steady bus quiet.
Pork Hrm; mess SIS. Beef steady. Beef hams
dun. Fierce beef qniet. Cut meats drm;
clear bellies 7lac. III dd!es dun and II IninaI.
Lard 4lG5 points lower and heavy: Western
steam, on spot PIC, March delivery 2lG0
30c. April &c. May 33,G7 43c; city steam
O5c: refined soc, Freight3 steady: ctttOp
per steam 1850: grain, per s cam 8lG3l 1d.
CHICAGO. March l.-There WAS u repetition
of the scenes of yesterdays excitement IN the
pork pit at the opening this morning. but dur
ing the remainder OF the day trading wac
limited. The clique demonstra ed that it had
complete control Of the m arket, aud whenever
shor &c npted 10 cover the price advanced
III an pulck HldDntT. NJ ny PORK
opened at all SORTS OF prices SsGuED Did and
SIS asked In al ferent iSeE0Dl~thc pit There
were transac1Ons ar 81 20, al 90. $i7 IS and
Sl7 50 within very lew minutes OIhrr hog
products were lee unsettled. Not SO many
orders to sell were on the floor "a was expect
ed. IL did not take long to convince traders
that the session wa, going to be n marked
contrast TO the one OF yesterday, but never
tneless the big end OF the crowd hung around
the pork pit. From SIS 30, at which price
there was n sale soon after the opening. and
the advance to $40 90 was quite steady, but
although the fluctuatlon W az 81 so per barrel.
the excitement incidental thereto was very
slight as compared with Yesterday. There
wac not much pork for sale, and such shorts
as were OH were not disposed to pay present
inflated prices This restricted trading some
what and helped to bear the market down
from SO to SIS so. Toward l O'Clock May
cked up to SIS 9714, the PIT filing up
with more buyers tnau there were earlier.
They suon wi hdrew, however, and prices re-
acted to SIS 6TISs On the afternoon boar
May opened at SIS 90. with u few sales at
SIS 20, fell or to SIS 20, and closed at that
point for the day. number Of shorts made
private settlements ana " thdrew from the
market. Operators general were di trust
full, aud declined to execute orders. Elk or
clearlngs of wheat from the sea GARD aggre- !
gait d $50 OO1 bushels, but the shipping inquiry |
was reported light until late in the afternoon. |
when renewed export demand was reported. |
Rece pts at eleven points were 2hl 900 bush
ell. The starting price for Nav delivery was
l<c lower, ~ 1870. A rally TO $50 occurred.
but owing to reported fine weather the tone